Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-09
NEWS SUNNI AIRY.
Celebration Of the Discovery or Natural
Gas - prohibition Defeated - Kcn.-
tucky's Banner County.


celebration Of the Discovery or Natural
Gas - prohibition Defeated - Kon-
tucky's Banner County.
Tho first celebration Of the apniver-
sary of the discovsry Of natural gas In
the Northwest and Its application to
the mechanical arts was begun yeste,-
day in Findlay, Ohio. "Ahe fianifi
cant feature of the day, and the ons
which ave character and impor,ancs
to the Demonstration, Was the laying
OF the corner stones Of six new factor.
ies." To day corner-st0nes will bs laid
for four manufacturing establishments.
These factories will employ, when com
pleted, twenty Ave hundred men.
Flndlay Is the Gantre OF the new gas
feldthat has been recently developed In
Ohio aud Indiana,
In the massachusetts, House OF Rep.
esentstives on Wednesday the pro-
posed prohibltory amendment to the
State Constitution failed for want OF
q two thirds vote. OF the 142 mt m bers
recorded In favor Of the measure l26
we're Republicans, Is were Democrats,
1 Independent Republican, ! Inde.
pendent Democrat and Independent.
or the " recorded against IL II were
Republicans, IS Democrats and lode
pendent Democrats.
There vas o revival Of lawlessness In
Rowan County, Kentucky, on Tuesday
afiern oon. John Msnniu, marshal OF
Morehead. assisted by o posse OF two
attempted to arrest John and William
Logan, sons Of DR.. Henry d. Logan,
new In jail at Lexington, ON o charge OF
murder. He entered their house and
they fred at him, inflictiug . severe
wound. His companions then shot and
killed two Losans.
Mob Meadows, an old citizen OF
Christian County, Missouri, wAs shot
dead hy An assassin while walking
along the road with his wife on Tues
day. The cause is supposed to be
Msadows' activity In securing the con.
viction Of o man now serving q lite sen
tence for murder. This is said 10 be the
43d murder in that county since the
war.
Near Arkansas City, Askausas, las,
Saturday, Alexander Jones, while
whipping his wife, was shot dead by
Ralph Brown because he refused to de
sist. The dead mans friends attempt'
ed to lynch Brown, but he WAS safely
lodged in jail.
At Boston Wednesday Colfc or Salt.
ons'all imposed q hne of $1,000 upon the
Cunard Steamship Company for Der
mitting an insane woman 10 land from
one OF Its vessels.
BY a premature blast In q tunnel ol
the Georgia Central Railroad extension,
near Good Water, Alabama, ON Tues.
day, two men were killed and several
others Injured.
1t was announced last night,in Phila
deiphia, that the strike among the
hand.locm ingram CARPET weave II
against . reduction In wages was prac
t,cally ended In favor of the employers.
Tas Quincy Rock House and the
Drum House, in Eoughton, Michigan,
vera struck by lightning yesterday
evening, and destroyed. Loss, $50, 900.
There was very little change yester
day In the conoition Of W. w. Corco
ran, In Washington, but that change
was believed to be for the better.
j. White, n prominent resident oil
Wyoming, Penna., WAS drowned yes.
.erday while trying to ford ths susque.
hanna river at Forty Fort.
The Oxford Iron Com mpany's works o,
belvidere, New Jersey, were ttArted In
full blast on Tuesday after nearly two
months' idlepeas.
Charles Spencer. "one OF the bes,
known mon In Dakota" was indicted
at Pierre in that Territory, yesterday
for stealing cattle.
The dwelling of A. Brown, AZ Bed
lord, Ontario, WAS burned yesterday
morning aud four children, under II
years Of age, lost their lives.
James g. Blaine and VIM. O'Brler
were among the passengers who sailet
from New York for Europe by yes,er
day steamers.